Dynamic behaviour of a fixed-bed biofilm reactor: Analysis of the role of the intraparticle convective flow under biofilm growth

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Leitão, Anabela ^a   Rodrigues, Alírio ^a,b  

^a Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofilm growth; Biofilm reactors; Intraparticle convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005280742     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(98)00011-4     Document Type: Article

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